﻿***README FILE
***What is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave?
***By Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine V. Loken, Magne Mogstad, and Kari Vea Salvanes
***Published in the Review of Economics and Statistics

DATA ACCESS:

The data employed in the analysis are drawn from Norwegian administrative 
registers. Researchers can gain access to the data by submitting a written 
application to Statistics Norway. The application should include a detailed 
research proposal describing the goals and methods of the project, a detailed 
list of variables, the selection criteria to be used, and how the research will 
be funded. Once received, applications must be certified by The Norwegian Data 
Inspectorate in order to ensure that data are processed in a manner that 
protects the personal integrity of individuals surveyed. Conditional on this 
approval, Statistics Norway will then determine which data one may obtain in 
accordance with the research plan; all data are processed by Statistics Norway.  
Individuals must provide a list of all individuals who will have access to the 
data along with description of a secure way in which the data will be stored for 
the period of the research project.

Inquiries about access should be addressed to: Labour Market Section Statistics 
Norway PB 8131 Dep, 0033 Oslo Norway

STATA DO FILES:

Here we list the various Stata .do files which create the tables and figures of
the paper.

"create_data.do": code used to construct our sample and variables
"fig 3 & fig A1.do": code to create figure 3 and appendix figure A1
"fig 4-fig 7 and fig A2-fig A17.do": code used to create figure 4 – 
     figure 7 and figure A2-A17 (figures in the online appendix)
"fig 5a.do":  code used to create the variable “number of days of paid leave”
     for the 1992 reform and code to create figure 5a
"fig 9-fig 10.do": Code used to create figures 9 and 10
"joint test table 1.do": Code to perform the joint test described in section 
     3.2.3
"tables 1-6 and coefficients used to make table 7": code to create tables 1-6. 
     These are also the coefficients used to create table 7
"table 8": code that shows how we created the sample and content of table 8
"table A1": code to create table A1
"table A2-A4.do": code to create tablex A2-A4 in the online appendix


